Austin AztexThe Austin Aztex will compete in USL PRO starting in 2015 under thehelm of head coach Paul Dalglish. The team played in the USL PremierDevelopment League (PDL) from 2012-2014 and won the 2013 LeagueChampionship in just their second year in operation, earning the USLPDL Franchise of the Year award. The Aztex finished each USL PDL amongthe top ten highest-drawing teams in the league and drew a recordcrowd of 4,754 in the 2014 playoffs.

Columbus Crew SCColumbus Crew SC will travel to Austin for the first time sinceannouncing its affiliation agreement with the Aztex in November.Evolving to Columbus Crew SC (Soccer Club) in 2015 ahead of theorganization's 20th season, Crew SC is Ohio's Major League Soccerclub. Owned and operated by Precourt Sports Ventures (PSV), and theLeague's first club, it won its first MLS Cup championship in 2008,and has also won the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and MLS Supporters'Shield titles in 2004, 2008 and 2009. 2014 is the Crew's 16th seasonat first-of-its-kind Crew Stadium, the first topflight soccer-specificfacility built in the United States.

D.C. UnitedD.C. United one of the most successful professional soccerorganizations in the history of the United States. United is four-timeMLS Cup Champions (1996, 1997, 1999 and 2004) and winners of the 1996,2008 and 2013 U.S. Open Cup, the 1998 CONCACAF Champions Cup, the 1998Interamerican Cup and the 1997, 1999, 2006 and 2007 MLS SupportersShield.

FC DallasFC Dallas is owned and operated by Hunt Sports Group. The professionalteam plays from March to November at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.One of the first soccer-specific stadiums built in the United States,the venue plays host to Major League Soccer matches, concerts,international soccer matches and high school football. The 145-acreToyota Soccer Center also includes 17 regulation-sized,tournament-grade soccer fields and is also home to the organization'snationally-renowned youth development system.